Tears for fears: Deakin ATAR discovery video goes viral
A DEAKIN University video capturing the moment 30 school students discover their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) has gone viral with more than 189,000...
Library-heritage centre takes shape over Johnstone Park
GEELONG'S new library/heritage centre cum art gallery is taking shape in rapidly in Johnstone Park as this image shows.
The nine-storey structure, valued at $45...
Two-day $90m Cats project call ‘wrong’: Cook
CONTRACTORS looking to provide management services for the stage four $90 million upgrade at Simonds Stadium have a week and a half -- not...
Land swap plan for convention centre: Neville
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
CITY Hall could swap its busport facility for Deakin University's waterfront car park to build a Geelong convention centre, according to...
Billion-tweet Lyons draws $52m for Geelong but loses council support
By NOEL MURPHY
MAYOR Darryn Lyons has drawn $52 million in media attention to Geelong, according to figures in a new report outlining his first...
Customs House should be a museum, says Ansett
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S Customs House should become a museum celebrating the city’s immigration, wool and gold history, according to heritage councillor Tony Ansett.
The move...
Pregnant mum in new anti-coal scare campaign
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast air activists are ramping up Anglesea’s anti-coal scare campaign, accusing Alcoa’s power station of emitting arsenic, lead and mercury near...
Cats app plan to fill stadium
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AN APP for Geelong Cats members to resell unused tickets could reduce empty game-day seats at Simonds Stadium, club chief Brian...
Surf Coast bans caged animals circuses
By NOEL MURPHY
SURF Coast Shire has banned circuses with caged exotic animals despite operators' pleas to prove their welfare credentials.
The decision will frustrate the...
Musos mourn loss of Sweethearts’ Ross Lipson
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG'S music industry is in mourning after Sweethearts founder and 25-year director Ross Lipson this week succumbed to cancer.
The 57-year-old music teacher...
Double Take: Man-o-war, Ed’s head, Brod and Cat …
THE legend of a Portuguese man of war landing on the local coastline was revived at Torquay this week.
But this time there was a...
Matthew Flinders school caught up in slush fund claims
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
MATTHEW Flinders Girls Secondary College is under investigation as part of an alleged $28 million Education Department slush fund.
The school was...
From the Archives
15 years ago
July 2, 2010
Three councillors have called a public meeting to fight plans for redevelopment of Geelong Golf Club.
Eddy Kontelj, Stretch Kontelj and...
